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Jargon, decoded

The glossary

304 words from World of Warcraft, MMOs, esports and every game chat you have ever been flamed in — what each one means, and how people actually say it. Every entry has its own link, so you can send it to the friend who just asked what a twink is.

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AV

PvP

Also: Alterac Valley

Alterac Valley: 40 v 40 across a whole zone, ends when a faction boss dies. Can last hours or minutes depending on the era.

“AV weekend, honor is doubled, everyone's queueing.”

See also: Battleground, Honor

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5 of 304 words for “Trash”

  1. Trash

    Raiding & dungeons

    The ordinary enemies between bosses. Trash drops, trash pulls, trash respawn timers.

    “Two hours of trash for one boss, that's Blackwing Lair.”

    “Trash respawns in two hours, keep moving.”

    See also: Boss, Pull

  2. Vendor trash

    MMO

    Items whose only value is what a vendor pays. Grey quality.

    “Bags full of vendor trash, need to hearth.”

    See also: Vendor

  3. AoE

    WoW

    Also: Area of effect

    Area of effect: damage or healing that hits everything in a zone. Blizzard, Whirlwind, Chain Lightning.

    “AoE the trash, don't single-target.”

    “Mage AoE farming in Zul'Farrak.”

    See also: Cleave, Single target

  4. Respawn

    Gaming slang

    Coming back after dying, or an enemy reappearing after being killed.

    “Trash respawns in two hours.”

    See also: Spawn, Trash

  5. World buff

    Raiding & dungeons

    Zone-wide buffs from events — Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer, Warchief's Blessing, Songflower, Dire Maul tribute — that vanilla raiders collect before a raid and lose when they die.

    “Full world buffs and a flask, don't you dare die on trash.”

    See also: Buff, Consumes

WoW

World of Warcraft, especially vanilla, Classic and Forever.

79 words

Raiding & dungeons

Group PvE: pulls, loot rules, wipes and parses.

47 words

PvP

Battlegrounds, duels, twinks and world PvP.

31 words

MMO

Words shared by every online RPG.

47 words

Esports

Competitive play, broadcasts and the meta.

21 words

Gaming slang

What people say in every chat, every game.

79 words

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